In one of the only awards ceremonies to honor casting directors, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented its annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The CSA members who cast HBO’s “Girls” and “Game Change” and Showtime’s “Homeland” were all recognized at the awards.

The Creative Arts Emmys are presented one week before the Primetime Emmy Awards to honor technical achievements and behind-the-scenes personnel such as casting directors, costume designers, art directors, editors, and animators. Awards for guest-starring actors were also given at the event.

Jennifer Euston, casting director of Lena Dunham’s HBO series “Girls,” took home the award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series. Deadline noted, “In three of the last four years, the winner in the category has gone on to win a best comedy series Emmy.”

“Working with Lena [Dunham] has been the most creatively satisfying job I've ever had in my life,” Euston told Backstage in May. “As a human and as an artist, she is just exceptional. It makes casting so pleasurable and so rewarding. I'm just so lucky that I get to work with her. I feel privileged.” Euston previously won an Emmy in 2010 as part of the team of CDs that cast HBO's World War II miniseries "The Pacific."

David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran, and Kathleen Chopin shared the award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for casting HBO’s “Game Change,” starring Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin and Ed Harris and John McCain in the true story of the 2008 presidential election. (Moran was also nominated with Euston and Allison Jones for casting the HBO comedy series “Veep,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the vice president.)

The awards for guest actors were distributed at Saturday night’s ceremony, as well. Kathy Bates won for her work as the ghost of Charlie Sheen on the CBS comedy series “Two and a Half Men,” while Jimmy Fallon was named best guest actor in a comedy series for hosting an episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Jeremy Davies was recognized as best guest actor in a drama series for playing Dickie Bennett on the FX series “Justified,” and Martha Plimpton won for her portrayal of attorney Patti Nyholm on the CBS drama “The Good Wife.”

“I was really surprised,” Plimpton, who also stars on Fox’s “Raising Hope,” told Backstage of being nominated as a guest star in August. “There's a lot of great actors out there and there's a lot of great work getting done, and I feel lucky to be included in the group.”

Additionally, the award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance went to Maurice LaMarche for his portrayal of multiple characters including Clamps, Donbot, Hyperchicken, Calculon, Hedonismbot, and Morbo on "Futurama." Choreographer Joshua Bergasse won Outstanding Choreography for his work on NBC's "Smash."

The 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live Sept. 23 on ABC. The full list of winners at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys is below.